Statewide Standard Course Codes 2019-2020 School Year

Demonstration of Documentation Website Demonstration of SSCC Website Agenda Overview What is the purpose of the SSCC? SCED codes and versions How does SCED relate to SSCC? File Requirements Demonstration of Documentation Website Demonstration of SSCC Website

Statewide Common Course Codes The Statewide Standard Course Code (SSCC) system exists to map local course codes to a course code system that all districts use to provide comparability across the state. The SSCC system is primarily used as a part of the Teacher Student Data Link (TSDL) collection

The Goals of SSCC Districts map local course codes to a statewide standard course code Provides common course codes across the state Makes communication easier when talking about courses Transcripts

What are Statewide Common Course Codes ? Based on the Secondary School Course Classification System: School for Exchange of Data (SCED) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) U.S. Department of Education Five digit common codes for all courses PK-12 First two digits subject area Last three digits content

What are Statewide Common Course Codes ? Majority of subject areas are covered School Codes for the Exchange of Data (SCED) Currently four versions of SCEDs exist

What are Statewide Common Course Codes ? SCED version 1.0 No longer supported by CDE since 2016-2017 SCED version 2.0 Combined prior to secondary codes with secondary codes. Codes above 50000 Crosswalk provided to map codes Districts need to change to the new SCED value

What are Statewide Common Course Codes ? SCED version 3.0 Supported by CDE SCED version 4.0 SCED version 6.0 Most current version Minor changes between 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0 Crosswalk from 3.0 and 4.0 to 6.0 available More Information http://nces.ed.gov/forum/SCED.asp

Statewide Common Course Codes Sample course codes and definitions Courses based on content covered Example of Language Arts choices Course Title SCED Course Code English/Language Arts I (9th grade) 01001 English/Language Arts II (10th grade) 01002 English/Language Arts III (11th grade) 01003 English/Language Arts IV (12th grade) 01004 AP English Language and Composition 01005 AP English Literature and Composition 01006 IB Language A: Literature—English 01007 English as a Second Language 01008 Language Arts Laboratory 01009

Statewide Standard Course Code System SCED Codes are only one part of the SSCC Field Description Local Course Code Course code used by district, may not be duplicated Course Title District defined course title Course Description District defined course description (may be null) Course Level Remidial (B), College (C), Enriched or Advanced (E), General (G) default option, Honors (H) Grade Span / Credits High and Low grade offered (ex KG05 for K – 5) Credits for high school classes defined by Carnegie Units Sequence What step in a sequence is this course? Sequence Total How many total steps in the sequence are there? SSCC Code SCED code(s) chosen for course. Up to 5 are allowed separated by commas Sort Option 1 Optional field for district use Sort Option 2

SSCC System File Layout and Definitions Local Course Code, Course Title, Course Description All of these fields are defined by the district and can be used however the district sees fit Local Course Codes may not be duplicated though Course Level Indicates if a course is advanced or remedial. If you are unsure General (G) is the default option. Cannot be left blank Grade Span / Credits If a course is offered for high school credit enter the credits it grants using Carnegie Units Carnegie Unit = 1 hour per day for a year of school Values must be 4 characters, so 1.00 or 0.50 If not for credit please enter grade span instead EX: KG05 for Kinder to 5th grade For a single grade: 0505

SSCC System File Layout and Definitions Sequence The number in a sequence for a given local course code Sequence Total The total number of steps in a sequence For example if a course is step 1 in a two sequence course then: Sequence = 1 Sequence Total = 2 SSCC Code The SCED code(s) for a given course You may use the same SCED for multiple courses You may use up to 5 SCED codes for a single course (separate with a comma)

Why do we need course codes? Courses are the link between teacher and student Required for teacher student data link Teacher student data link interchange opens early November Teacher student data link snapshot opens early February All districts are required to map courses We would like districts to have courses mapped by the time they are working on TSDL There will be errors when districts upload TSDL files if no course codes exist

Clarification Districts are not required to change their local course codes. Districts should map to the best choice for the statewide standard course codes

All courses should be mapped Clarification All courses should be mapped Courses associated with assessments are required for the TSDL collection Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies All other courses are required for the Course Code proficiency report

Documentation can be found at: http://www.cde.state.co.us/datapipeline/sscc-details SCED Code documentation under additional resources http://www.cde.state.co.us/datapipeline/faq-sced Template and training materials available on this site Demo of the course code documentation website 16

How do I map courses codes for 2019-2020 school year? Districts can copy work forward from 2018-2019 school year to the 2019-2020 school year in the course code system If your district is using retired SCED codes rollover will generate errors that need to be addressed Upload a file from information system extract Must be saved as Tab Delimited

Replicate course code demo Replicate course codes – (QA link for demo) Export course mappings and re-upload Export course mappings Change in Excel Export to tab delimited Upload into the system QA system for demonstration

Questions?????? Questions Annette Severson (303) 866-6824 Severson_a@cde.state.co.us Or visit http://www.cde.state.co.us/datapipeline/sscc-details